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1 }~ 4 I ii tem. in whose name Lord LEVESON GOWER now spoke, were not those who had offended his Impe rial Majesty; they had not calmly witnessed the noble struggle of Dantzic, and , seen . th• City, which might have been saved lila kw - GUn-brigs, fall into the power of the Enemy F They hal not seen the Army of Russia retreat with their face to, the foe, from .4lre 'Weser to the Vistula, without sending them a single musket or .a man ! They had not seen BUONArARTE 'out-number our Allies, and yet enabled him to increase his tremendous superio iity, by sending the Army which detained his Troops in Italy, to perish without advantage, and without :honour, in the blind alleys of. Rosetta! They had not laughed at his.complaints, and turned a deaf ear to his .remonstrances; on the contrary, they had taken up his cause with ardour, and had given him ‘f the most positive and distino assurance 4 that his Majesty was making the most strenuous exertions to comply with all his wishes acid expeaations.r - App. p. 50. Might not all this have contributed some what to that change of sentiment which so much astonishes Mrs Roscoe ; and might not a reasonable hope be entertained by Ministers, that:the Emperor of Russia, ndw no longer afraid of being insulted and abandoned, might revert with . horror to the state of slavery in which his recent conneEtion with France had placed . him ; and with shame and re pentance . to that base and perfidious part which, in. A moment of blind revenge and terror, be had been seduced to play ?—lf this were really so (and that . it was, there are many . reasons for believing), then, with Mr. RoScoE's leave, Lord Lpvusow Gowp:t was completely justified in saying that " the cause of the independence of Europe was not quite despe rate ;" and his Majesty was fully, borne out in his cc hope that a review of the transa . C.lions of the nn fortunate Negotiation at Tilsit would have induced the EMperor of Russia to extricate hiMself from 'the embarrassment of these new counsels and Connec tions which he had adopted in 'a moment of despond , ency and alarm; and to return to a policy mute con-, genial to the principles which he had se invariabl y , professed, and m or e con d uc i ve to the hOnOU t c - ,Of his Crown, and to the prosperity Isis dominions.' App. p. 49. Nor is this all. The Russian 'Government was now informed of the siege of Copenhagen; and'as that siege was not planned by "- All the Talents," who conspired in the fAmous Expedition to Con stantinople; nor CthicluCted by a than " incapable and unworthy of serving his , Majesty in any military capacity wriatever," ita .final success was scarcely a matter of doubt. This event, whatever surprise Mr. Roscrip. and his stupid admirers may affett at our language, was a favourable 'circumstance for Russia, and, as such, it was assuredly regarded. It Could neitherbe her -wish nor her interest to resign, her Navy into the bands of France, and co-operate in establishing the tyranny of a sanguinary monster as completely over the sea as it was already fi:ed over, theland; and that great and glorious measure to- which disenfran chided Europe will one day do jUstice, the : Copen hagen Expedition, by re-opening- the ' Baltic, and completely overthrowing the concerted Confederacy, restored Russia to the command of her ships, and kindled a d;stant hope of escaping from her fetters. Here was another motive for " a change of senti ment," and to thii, if our Paper allowed, we could bring many otik.rs not less cogent. Now for Mr. Rosco : " If," say s h e , g i ving the conclusion of Lord LEVESoIv GoWEies patch which Nye have just quoted, “. If the British Ambassador had been disposed to forward the negotiation for peace, this appears to have Geer: the proper time for it. He might now, with every prospea of success, have pressed for a communication of the Tracy. cf Til s i t !! ! H e might then have proceeded to require to be int-min ed of the basis on which the French Ruler had pro posed to treat. 5:,11,. and such alone, was the plain simple path that must have presented itself' to any person who had a dire& objea in view. But with this apparent change of 'disposition in the Russian Miiiistry, other pro;peas opened on the enlarged vision (A the 'BritiSti Ambassador, who ap pears at , this important nioinent to have been aCtuated by en almost prophetic knowledge of the Sentiments of his own Cabinet. The'Secret iirticles of Me Treaty of 4'ilsit, the basis of the proposed We ,otiatiCommerciale and even the Commercial L ea f y were ) orgotten!" p. 22. This is the main part Of Mr. Roscos's charge against GovernMent, the argument on which he chiefly depends ; and to do him-full justice, - we have put it,. as he hims e lf has, in italics, ao be coniift . u4l.l • 4MERICAN P4PERS. NEW YORK, JUNE 4.-78ev - eral cutters arc em ployed 'efiforce . t he due übgen,:alic-e oeihe Embargo Law. j'he drgus and the ///44 . ; with three Gun boats, art; s,tatioued at St. Mary's, Georgia, for that purpo,e`.-:-Au c kgrican ve , )sels in England are employed by English MLre.iiants to make VOyages to Russia and Spin, . - Dr`Portugal. To Russia, the is - Dine go.'neas per ton, so that a, vessel of 300 tuns clears 2700guineiss, or .12,600 dollars by a voyage, which 'acts from six to ten weeks. Mow, is it to be sup posed the Merch an t wou ld venture his property, on , less he had by s o m e means o b ta i ned the Emperor's licence?--Thus those American Merchants who happen to have vessels abroad, find employment enough, and advance their fortunes in a foreign country, while their unfortunate neighbours, whnst` ships have once entered their own ports, are obliged to_pay a dollar per tlay to some good democrat whar finger, in whom a democratic corporation have con fidence, for the privilege of rotting in the slips.— Excellent Government !.-(New York Evening Post.) An account from Baltimore states, that two French ships the Plutas and La Gerrierre, took possession Of the ship Robereus, with a valuable cargo, because she had been boarded by an English Privateer two days - before. They took the vessel to an uninhabit.-- ed part of the Island of Cuba, where they cleared all her cargo excepting some bricks at the bottom of the hold ; afterwards a Schooner hove i n s i g ht, w hi c h !lapped to be in ballast ; they put part of the cargo into the Schooner, and afterwards informed the Captain of the Robereus, that if he would give them a certificate not to prosecute them for the damage the hull and rigging had sustained, they would give her,up, and convey the crew and passengers to a place of safety, threatening, in case of refusal, to sell the ship to the Spaniards. For the preservation of the ship and themselVes they were obliged to comply. It appears that the Chamber of Commerce at Phila delphia loaded two ships with provisions to succour the suffering inhabitants of Trinidad, when the Pre sident refused to permit their sailing, commending the humane intention, and assigning -reasons why he did not judge proper to comply with the request. MAILS. AaarviD — 2 NV4tcrforcl. Pus—; Gotteliblirgh, x Dl4blin, Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THU DAY AT TWELVE 01D4OCK• Consols - - Outtliurn . . 341 TFT E Srj N. ScLILM CUfi DlCtga I/A4IU/4 AUDAT? L 0 N D 0 IV, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1805. Nointelligenc e from Spain or Tortuga] had reached Town when this Paper was put to Press; but as the wind is favourable, we think many hours cannot elapse before some accounts are received. CQLONEL MURRAy arrived this morning at Lord CASTLEREAGLI'S °dice, with Dispatches from Sir JOHN MOOR E, but the substance of them has not transpired. W E have the pleasure to_issure our Readers, that the utmost activity pervades every department of Government in promoting every possible means to • assist the Spanish Patriots. The Troops destined to etnbark.in this. glorious enterprise are movi ng to wards Ports mout h and Plymouth from various quar ters, and the embarkation, as we yes,terday stated, had - begun three days ago at both plaees, and was proceeding with great spirit and the utmost regula rity. A.niong the other wise and laudable measures of Government, the release a the Spanish prisoners, and the intention to send them in aid of their patrio tie countrymen, is nut the least interesting, and nay be attended with the best etleas. The manner in which this generous measure has been received by the Spanish Prisoners themselves is highly gratifying, pleasin g emot i ons in every and must excit e th e . most humane and liberal mind. About twelve hundred • of these men, previous to their embarkation on Mon day last, at l'ortsmouth, were indulged with the li berty of walking through the town. It is impossible to describe the rapture with which they received the proposal of being conveyed to their country on dition' of th e i r engag i ng to asst .- 0' ih the glorious cone n- deavour to pr eserve its independence. They manifest ed.the most ardent attachment to the cause of their Country, and the strongest sense of gratitude to the English Nation for the noble zeal with which it espou.sed that cause. These men went through all parts of l'ortsmonth, testifying these sentiments with shouts of joy, and almost incessant exclamations of " Good En4land!—kind, generods n!" during the whole of their progress. Thrty were pre ceded by bands of music, and their rapturous and grateful exclamations not only .produced bursts of sympathy from all the spectators, but the m os t tender emotions of hope and pleasure. The same joyous events took place at Plymouth .also; where about 10,00 . have already embarked. When they were colleaed on Th urs d ay last, and the letter from Government was lead to theni, offering to them a Conveyance to their country, on the same condition, and desiring those wit() were to embrace the • pi'oposal to tutu to the right, they all sprung with plea'sure in that Ara:lion, shouting, with fervent zeal, " Long live the British Ting bless the _English and the Spanish Patriots." In truth, the scene 'was *Li animating and atlealing in the highest degree, and mar be considered as one of the proud effects of those glorious principles of action which have 'so long distinguished the people of. this Country, and which, we trust, will always pre-eminently mark the national charaaer till the end of time. It is %% itn sincere pleasure w 9 add,, that &1 the Spanish Prisoners have been provided with shoei and other necessaries, and have also had money gi ven to them, and s hat 10,000 fegifeefital shits have.' al_ "••••••-••-•.....,,.. ,_ ready been shipped for the use of the Patriots. ~,,Sucti is the aolivity, such the zeal, and sucli the genercisity of the British Government. - -'` SOME Extraas . from Dutch Papers to the 3d inst. will be found in a subsequent column ; they do not contain any intelligence'ot importance, but they con tain the intelligence which had previously reached us of the great military exertions of the Austrian GOvernthent. WE have been . favOured with the following Ex-' tracts from the Stockholm. Gazette,- ot June .(').5 " ,The first is a Report from Field-Marshal KLINGSPOR, dated Braliestad, June 10. It sets forth, that after Colonel SANDELS had driven the Russians from Rautalambi, Lappavirta, Jorois, and Warkaus, taken all their magazines and artil lery (ninety-nine cannon in all), he proceeded to Koiwist, where, after a severe conflict, the Russians were again defeated, when a number of prisoners and considerable stores fell into the hands of the Swedes. SANDELS was still pursuing- the tnerny. His Head quarters was at Cuopio. The next is a report from General VEGESACK, dated the Island of Karsslo, 21st of June. Our Readers know that the Swedes from Alapd went in three divisions to land in Finland, one at Sacob stad, which had orders to proceed to Old Carleby, with a view, in conjunaion with General KUNG spoO main army, to "hem in the Rils;ians, who are there between 7 and 8000 'strong —the send at \Vasa, which also has made good their landing; but although several favourable rumours are circu lating, we have no official reports yet from either of these divisions.—The third was destined to make a false attack upon Abo, with a view to draw the Itussian force to that quarter, in order to facilitate the operation of the bther divisions. In consequence of this, General VEGESACK reports, that ,he made himself master of the different Islands' in the inlet to Abe; stationed strong armaments on Kusto, and Kaxkerta, the nearest of them, and distributed his force in small bodies on every isle and rock, so as to seem formidable, and make the enemy believe that the main attack was meant upon Abo ; but fearing that this alone should not have the desired effe& of drawing the Russians from. the, North, he determined to make a landing, which he accom plished on the igth, at the point of Lemo, under the protection , of the , well-diretied fire of the Gun boats, which came c'ose ashore, and soon forced the Russians to make room for the Swedes. Ge neral VEGEsAct; now Proceeded to th pag4 - of Outer Lemo, on the high road to Abo, having three guns and one thousand five hundred Men.— Here an affair began, which lasted fourteen hours and a- half, the Russians endeavouring t 6 dislodge him. But seeing great•bodies of Russians, mostly cavalry, hourly pouring in, and hearing. from a Swedish Non-cominissiOnecl Officer, who in the night had made his escape from Abo„ that the Russians, already 10,000 . strong, were a d vancing from all quarters, and that they took his corps to be only the avant guard, he judged . that .he had attained his purpose, and re-e m b ar k e d under the same proteaion of the gun-boats., His loss, in killed and wounded, he states to be 194 men, in cluding Officers. His Adjutant, 'Baron kamSny, was killed. Barons DE GEER and ADELSVA&D . , of the Volunteers ) wounded. He praises the - soldier like condu6t of Cie latter corps, whom be now had the honour, the first tirre, to lead to battle. In the night of his landing, 107 young men, of whom 66 were soldiers of the garrison of Sweaborg, flew to his standard, and embarked with him. " The Galley-Fleet under Admiral HJELI7SBJER_• NA was blOckading the Russian Fleet between the Islands of Hirvensalo and Sattala, in the Bay of Finland." Yesterday morning His MAJESTY, Princesses Ap- GUSTA, SOPHIA, and AMELIA, accompanied by the Hon. Mr. GRRVILLE, Miss .F;GERTO/4„ . Gers a s l FITZROY an d G ARTH , Colonels TAYLOR and enl.)b- BROW, took an airing in Windsor Great Park, and returned at twelve o'clock. The QUEEN and Princess ELIZALIET/I took at? airing to Froginore Lodge Gardens, NC. _ _ Lieutenant -General the Earl of. CHATHAM is, it is said, appointed Commander in Chief of the Forces destined for the succour of Spain. tOltowing is a correa list of the Corps of In •' fantry ordered tor immediate embarkation, viz. • From Harwich. —The 2d Regiment of Foot, Ist Battalion of the 4th, 2d Battalion of the 59th, the 20th and 43d Regiments. - Front Chatham.7—The 2d Brigade of .Guards. • From Ramsgate.—The 2d Battalion of the 9th, the cd Battalion of the 4th, the 52d, 97-th, and the 51st Regiments. um Aeland.=—The Ist Battalion Of the 20th, the 45th and 36th Regiments. The route of the 14th Dragoons is changed; in-, . stead of proceeding to Ireland, they are to be guar..; tercd at Ipswich, &c. Captain BROWN, the Private Secretary of the Duke of YORK, Wllo' is gone to make s ome m ili tary ar .ranqements' for the' reception ' o f a British Force 'in i , ortng4l, is the Gentleman who married t natural d aug h ter o f the late Lord Tautit.owheeldest The first division of prize money for the captur e of BU enos A yres . takes Place On the 15 Field Officer's share will be 7000 L ch iiat. A NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH,:.JULY . s.—ActiveA the Ponzone gate; Capt. BARRIE, to wait . for "orders. Pas'ed . ' up Chaptiel the Colifiance, of 21 guns, rz •`" - der a press of sail, from the Brazils. theliariquin_hired-Arrned Ship, with a convoy for the Downs and the Plover Sloop .of War on a cruize. Powrsmotyitt, his Majesty's Schooner Pax, with Dispatches for the Fleet of Cadiz: • Arrived' the Royalist, ROBINSON, and the Regard, FLIGG, (TranspOrts) from Plywouth. FALMOUTH, Jury 4.—Arrived the liimber Astued Ship, - with. a Convoy from. the..bow 5. 'DOL; Majesty's Ship Are thusa, for Chatham ' Arrii-ed his Majesty's Tip Melville, from -ply niotith, and remains in the Downs with. the rest of the Ships as per last. SHEERNgSS, JULY ,s.—The 417'de - tit . of. 64 guns, was paid up to six months, and will shortly sail for - Gottenliurgh with some Gun-boats.. Four Gun-boats came down from the River, which, with others lying, are intended for the Bal tic service. One of them run athwart the .Arar4ur's hawse, and carried away her mast. The Deptford Tender sailed fo r the Tower. • JULY G.—Arrived a Sloop of War, supposed to be the Rosan?oild, Half past Fiv.—Sailed this afternoon His Majes.! ty's , Ships Arcliwt and Centinel with the Baltic Coo" voy, and the .4,kgres.ior with convoy to Heligoland. COIIKI i JULY L.—Yesterday His Majesty's SlooP Helena, Capt. `NORTH ; and this day His Majesty's Ships Donegal, Captain MALcottm, and Crocodile, Capt. —, arrived in our harbour from a cruize. • Captain J. BAKER is appointed to the command of the Tared- Frigate, in which her late gallant Garb' mander, Captain BETTESWOAT'H, was killed in the Baltic., It is currently reported, that a body of troops, to the amount of ,12,01:10, are forthwth to bedispatched to the 1.1-altic,'to Ivinforce Sir JOHN MOORE'S . Army, which, with 2p,u00 Swedes, is to 261 on the Conti nent as a powerful diversion in favour of the Spa' . „ From the laudable an;iety ahewp by the Board of trade to the manufacturing interest, it is expel ed that the St. Domingo trade will soon become of con siderable importance to this country. an4ARGYLE-Roos,Meeting,urposei,n ycoesntseerqdaueyncteo: A that p place in th ese R ooms , the ob j ect of which, was advertisement m for— enter into. some Uesolutious eApressive.or the hearty 4 .> . zeal with which the people,Of this Count sympas . thine in the cause of the Spanish - Patriots. The, motives, that.sugge s t suc h meetings are very laudable, but after the very cordial, prompt, and energetic measures which tire been adopted by the British GOvernment, and after the noble sentiments and de' terminations. with respe& to Spain, which were con' veyed to all mankind through the medium of 1 1 i 5 MAJESTY'S Speech, such ateetings hardly seem to be , necessary,, becauge th e nat i onal " feelings are best eipressed in those measures sanctioned by 1 11 ' gracious concurrence of the 13ritish 'Monarch..- - r Still; however,- it becomes the generous tempo! . of Britons to ~express their zeal for the happy nets of •Cie.,people of other countries, in their . private c a p ac i t i es, and theretbre we should be g 136, to see our Nobility, great- commercial chara6ters,. and the affluent of every description, stand forward in so glorious a cause, by ,publicly meeting in place) usually allotted to public occasions ; but we do not conceive that a place of mere amusement is a fi L . scene of aetion for a subje6t of this important kind' Yet we respect the feelings which animated the meeting of y ester d ay, and regret, since it did take place, that it was not better attended. Indeed it appeared to be the opinion of the persons wilt) well present, 'among whom were Mr. WILBERFORCE) Mr. HILTON JOLIkFE and COI.GREVILLE, that an ap' plication should be made tot he High Bailiff of West to conven e a meeting on so iinteresting ,minster and th e Sh eriffs of London, requesting then and import' . ant an occ as i on, when it is highly probable that sonic of the most distinguished characters in' town will be proud of spewing themselves in .the list of those wli are animated by a love for freedom, and who, coir sequently, heartily sympathise in the,cause of those who are nobly struggling to resist oppression. A Meeting of Merchants interested- in the trade Hayti, was yesterday held at the City of London , Tavern, JOHN IRVLNG, Esq. M. P. in the Chair.--A letter was read to th e •M ete i ng, stating that Govern' Ment, having taken into consideration the complaints made of the detention of Ships by his Majesty's Cruizers, had taken off the restriction under which the trade laboured in point of the return earg"' not exceeding a certain per ceinage on that out ward, and ; also given orders to the Admirals corn manding on foreign stations, to be extremely cauti ous in detaining Vessels having his Majesty's License on board. Lord MULGRAVE will give a grand Dinner to morrow, at his residence at the Admiralty, to Vis count DE MATTA ROSAMOII ANDREA •DE LA VEGA, DOI) FRANCISCO SANGRO, Don JOACHIN FRE'RE, the LORD CHANCELLOR, Earls WESTM,!RLAND, DEN, CHATHAM, and • MALMEbBURY, Lord -ST' HELEN'S, Sir RICHARD BICKERTON, and Messrs. CAN NING,POLE, BAGOT, FRERE, &C. An aviso, or Packet, containing most imortant ; dispatches, intended 'for Spanish South Ameri p ca, has been taken, and the dispatches themselves are sc cured. She had been sent by O'FAnnELL, the let o Spanish Secretary at War, one of BooNApAwrO adherents ; . -.a u i having sailed from Bilboa for L 3 Vera Cruz, was int&cepted by one of our CruizeO• ;—The Packets .. taken on b oar d are i n Lord CA311.1/ REACH'S Office, arid havincl been drawl 4 Arqp under the insp.eCtioti,. as well as di re &i on, of Not.,gulo contain matter of no ' or di nary cons equence. I